Kicking this off for inquisitive minds and kindred spirits alike who want to better understand how to navigate their careers in Tech.

Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and OGs welcome! Don't matter where you started but let's make sure you're on the optimal path.

Would love if people contributed their knowledge, asked questions, and shared stories about their journey so far.

Resources

Free Training

Most (if not all) of these training courses are free, yes, FREE! I suggest you pick one and learn a lil something. Down the line, it would serve you best to put down money if you really want master a certain technology, but for starters, these resources are great:

• Atlassian University
• CyberArk University
• Datadog Learning Center
• Duo Security
• Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) program
• Linkedin Learning
• Linux Foundation
• Microsoft Learn
• Splunk
• Google Digital Garage
• NVIDIA

Drop best certs for high paying jobs

ServiceNow Administrators Cert

years of experience.

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what are you interested in?

In. Possibly transitioning to an IT Auditor role this year

The hack to making $$$ is getting super skilled in one area and then teaching/tutoring

You can make $50-$100 depending on the format, I taught 2 hour courses for an a***ytics education company and would get $150 for the session.

I’d do that and a couple other similar side sessions a week, that was my spending/entertainment/clothes/fun money that I would spend

I’m a nurse now and wanted to learn to code and do some it work on the side . I’ve been learning python so far

learn linux for sure, how to work with the system with just the command line. things like file/directory manipulation, text editors, bash scripting, downloading items with curl/wget, etc. don't need certs for coding and there are tons of free resources to learn the command line and how it'll help with software development.

got free access to cybrary and udemy from my job so i'm boutta level up this year something crazy.

Linux over python ?

learn linux in conjunction with python.

Thank you

Currently studying toward this.

Added some free training resources. I'll add more when I find some.

Also, gonna add links to things like salary for different positions, negotiating salaries, what news sites to tap into.

@Hippya I'll add a cert lists with training resources later. Roadmaps too.

Also, if people could comment on what sub-field they're trying to break into (i.e. Networking, Security, Cloud Computing, Developer, Consulting, DevOps, etc), that'd be great, then I can see what's of greater interest to people.

Hoping I hear back from these places for an offer

Goals for this year on my personal/free time:
1. Get my CISA and/or CPA
2. CompTIA+ trifecta
3. Set up my homelab
4. Bonus: CRISC and/or send in my application for my CS post-bacc

Was also considering CRISC, more so if I decide to go into GRC. Don't think I have a ton of growth opportunities where I'm at (which isn't a huge issue), but no way in hell am I expecting a huge pay bump at any point lol.

Sec+ wasn't too bad, though I took the 501. Think the 601 almost doubled the amount of objectives to go over, so it'd probably require a bit more studying. Spent around a month studying in my downtime at work. As long as you know definitions and keywords, it should be an easy pass whenever you get around to taking it.

In, I keep putting off taking the ccna for too long

Yeah, CRISC is more the "would be nice to have if I got the time" cert, but I'd probably only start studying for it realistically once I'm ready to jump into a GRC role. The CISA would be way more meaningful short-term.

Did you use any specific resources for Sec+? Jason Dion and Mike Meyer seem to be the gold standard. I'm hoping to get it done within a month's time.

Getting every mothafucking dolla!

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